/*********************************************************************
*
*      Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Khan
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
***************************************************************************/

package jxl.biff;

import jxl.Cell;
import jxl.biff.formula.FormulaException;

/**
 * Interface which is used for copying formulas from a read only to a writable
 * spreadsheet
 */
public interface FormulaData extends Cell {

	/**
	 * Gets the raw bytes for the formula. This will include the parsed tokens
	 * array EXCLUDING the standard cell information (row, column, xfindex)
	 *
	 * @return the raw record data
	 * @exception FormulaException
	 */
	public byte[] getFormulaData() throws FormulaException;

}
